# TV Shows Only You Remember **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted\ **Created:** [July 8, 2021, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-only-you-remember/946022 "2021-07-08T20:36:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 16
**Author:** ![motu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/motu/32/259_2.png) [@motu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/motu)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2021, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-only-you-remember/946022/302 "2021-07-12T20:27:40Z")
Kimba, the White Lion, first color Japanese manga cartoon was shown in Chicago early 70’s on a UHF station but I have only met one person who remembers this show. Want to say it was shown in a block of Japanese shows, Speed Racer, Johnny Sokko and his Giant Robot and Ultraman. Probably not very obscure in the UK but in the 70’s, local Chicago PBS showed a lot of British programming especially appealing to young me was the comedies (and Dr Who). Almost all Americans know the Monty Python Troupe and Benny Hill but I miss Dave Allen and The Two Ronnies. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2021, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-only-you-remember/946022/303 "2021-07-12T20:38:02Z")
One of my favourite cartoons that doesn’t get talked about much (seemingly) is “Jeff & Some Aliens”. Average slob Jeff shares a house with three aliens. The usual plot is Jeff has some mundane problem, the aliens lend him a high-tech device to fix it, and the solution goes horribly, horribly wrong (not unlike some episodes of “Rick & Morty”). I thought it was very funny; too bad it only ran for one season. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2021, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-only-you-remember/946022/304 "2021-07-12T20:39:03Z")
I had a girlfriend in college who loved **this show** because she was an Anglophile. I see now that the titular character was voiced by Del Boy from _ **Only Fools and Horses** _. > **[Danger Mouse (1981 TV series)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danger_Mouse_(1981_TV_series))** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > > Danger Mouse is a British animated television series produced by Cosgrove Hall Films for Thames Television. It features the eponymous Danger Mouse who worked as a secret agent and is a parody of British spy fiction, particularly the Danger Man series and James Bond. It originally ran from 28 September 1981 to 19 March 1992 on the ITV network. > The series spawned a spin-off show, Count Duckula, which aired between 1988 and 1993, and an updated s... ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2021, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-only-you-remember/946022/305 "2021-07-12T20:40:32Z")
> [@motu](#): > > Kimba, the White Lion, first color Japanese manga cartoon was shown in Chicago early 70’s on a UHF station but I have only met one person who remembers this show. Want to say it was shown in a block of Japanese shows, Speed Racer, Johnny Sokko and his Giant Robot and Ultraman. Who lives down in deepest, darkest Africa? (Africa) Who’s the one who brought the jungle fame? Who’s the king of animals in Africa? Kimba, The White Lion is his name… (…And several butcher’s aprons.) You left out Astro Boy, lucky you. Sorry, I despise Japanese animation. ---
**Author:** ![erysichthon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d07c76/32.png) [@erysichthon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erysichthon)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2021, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-only-you-remember/946022/306 "2021-07-12T21:08:29Z")
There are a couple of oddball spy-fi shows that I used to think nobody else remembered. YouTube and Wikipedia have disabused me of that notion, but they’re still pretty obscure. _[WOG: World of Giants](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_of_Giants)_, about a six-inch-tall spy. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/g-CvqO9AP1c/hqdefault.jpg "WORLD OF GIANTS: "Special Agent" 9-5-1959.") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-CvqO9AP1c) _[The Champions](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Champions)_, a British series about three UN agents with paranormal powers. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/4UqVxhzjLL4/hqdefault.jpg "The Champions- The Invisible Man") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UqVxhzjLL4) ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2021, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-only-you-remember/946022/307 "2021-07-12T21:26:20Z")
Back in the day, **this ITC production** was typical of the late-night programming in MPS/SP: > **[The Protectors](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Protectors)** > > The Protectors is a British television series, an action thriller created by Gerry Anderson. It was Anderson's second TV series to exclusively use live actors as opposed to marionettes (following UFO), and his second to be firmly set in contemporary times (following The Secret Service). It was also the only Gerry Anderson–produced television series that was not of the fantasy or science fiction genres. It was produced by Lew Grade's ITC Entertainment production company. Despite not featuring mari... It wasn’t until much later that I learned the theme music had lyrics and was a modest hit: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/utiTsH6hGv8/maxresdefault.jpg "The Protectors Theme Song - Avenues and Alleyways - Tony Christie - ATV/ITC 1972/74") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utiTsH6hGv8) I also like the theme for **this** Roger Moore/Tony Curtis vehicle: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/fvuuAUJ2x6I/maxresdefault.jpg "The Persuaders - Main Title HD ( John Barry )") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvuuAUJ2x6I) ---
**Author:** ![Jay\_Z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Jay\_Z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jay_Z)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2021, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-only-you-remember/946022/308 "2021-07-12T21:33:06Z")
The Wilton North Report was an infamous Fox flop. The Wilton North Report was intended as a parody of TV news. There was no Wilton North on the show, and it wasn’t a made up name either, rather it was the name of the building where the show’s studio was located. A long search for hosts delayed the show’s debut. In the end, a couple of obscure Sacramento DJs were chosen. The Wilton North Report replaced Joan Rivers’ The Late Show. Joan had been fired months before The Wilton North show’s debut, replaced by a succession of guest hosts. One of these was Arsenio Hall, who produced better ratings than the rest, but Arsenio limited his stint to 13 weeks due to his Coming To America commitments. Arsenio would return to talk shows, but his new show was syndicated, not a Fox show. Problems with Wilton North led Fox to try and revive the Late Show. But Wilton North debuted in December 1987. It lasted four weeks. The Late Show returned, with another succession of obscure hosts, lasting into 1988. While Ross Shafer was hosting the show, the Late Show had the distinction of hosting the only on camera reunion of all seven Gilligan’s Island cast members. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2021, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-only-you-remember/946022/309 "2021-07-12T21:46:07Z")
My go-to whenever this question comes up is [Run, Joe, Run](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Run,_Joe,_Run), a Saturday morning show about a German shepherd from the Army’s K9 Corps, crossing the country, trying to get back to his owner. Until internet search engines came along, I was about 80% certain that I just made that show up in my mind, because _no one_ remembered it. Finding out that my memories weren’t false was a nice surprise. > [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Also Frank’s Place: > > > Frank Parish is a professor from Boston, who has not seen his father since he was two. 35 years later, he is told that his father died and that he owned a restaurant in New Orleans, which is now legally Frank’s. Frank goes there and was going to go back and sell the restaurant to the employees, but Miss Marie feels that the restaurant is his legacy, so she has a curse placed on him that would take effect when he returns to Boston. > > Frank (Tim Reid) decides to run the restaurant and as time goes by, he learns about the deliciously rich culture of the Black community in New Orleans and comes to love it. I remember that show. Very elegantly filmed. IIRC, that was at the height of Tim Reid’s fame, when he had just become a household name as Venus Flytrap on _WKRP in Cinncinnati_. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2021, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-only-you-remember/946022/310 "2021-07-12T22:34:40Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > Anybody remember Captain Nice? Or Mr. Terrific? Absolutely. And I never think of one without also thinking of the other. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2021, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-only-you-remember/946022/311 "2021-07-12T22:41:48Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > Carried on Channel 11 in NY, with “Officer” Joe Bolton as host. “Pix, Pix, Pix, Pix, Pix!” > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > My go-to whenever this question comes up is [Run, Joe, Run](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Run,_Joe,_Run), a Saturday morning show about a German shepherd from the Army’s K9 Corps, crossing the country, trying to get back to his owner. Until internet search engines came along, I was about 80% certain that I just made that show up in my mind, because _no one_ remembered it. I remember it (though I didn’t watch it). ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2021, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-only-you-remember/946022/312 "2021-07-12T23:11:27Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > I remember that show [Frank’s Place]. Very elegantly filmed. IIRC, that was at the height of Tim Reid’s fame, when he had just become a household name as Venus Flytrap on _WKRP in Cinncinnati_ . I’m so glad someone remembered it besides me. It was a wonderful exploration of Black culture in New Orleans. I wish it was streaming someplace. I loved WKRP, too. “As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly!” But it’s a show that LOTS of people remember. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2021, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-only-you-remember/946022/313 "2021-07-12T23:19:26Z")
> [@motu](#): > > Kimba, the White Lion, first color Japanese manga cartoon was shown in Chicago early 70’s on a UHF station but I have only met one person who remembers this show. I remember it. I was going to post the intro… [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/lQsQqOlPjhs/hqdefault.jpg "Kimba the White Lion Theme Song") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQsQqOlPjhs) … but I had other duties. For those who don’t remember, Kimba The White Lion was basically a rip-off of The Lion King… only it came out 30 years earlier. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2021, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-only-you-remember/946022/314 "2021-07-12T23:27:44Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > I had a girlfriend in college who loved **this show** because she was an Anglophile. I see now that the titular character was voiced by Del Boy from _ **Only Fools and Horses** _ . DM was on Nick, and I have the boxed set of all episodes. And watched them too. I still say “Good grief, Penfold,” from time to time. My favorite episode was when their script editor didn’t show up, or something, and DM and Penfold had to deal with typos in their dialog. This thread makes me realize that I spent way too much time watching TV at some points in my life. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2021, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-only-you-remember/946022/315 "2021-07-12T23:35:39Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > My go-to whenever this question comes up is [Run, Joe, Run](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Run,_Joe,_Run), a Saturday morning show about a German shepherd from the Army’s K9 Corps, crossing the country, trying to get back to his owner. Not to be confused with **Run, Buddy, Run** , a 1966 sitcom about a guy running from The Mob > **[Run Buddy Run (TV Series 1966–1967) ⭐ 7.8 | Comedy](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0136662/)** > > 30m ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2021, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-only-you-remember/946022/316 "2021-07-12T23:36:52Z")
> [@River\_Hippie](#): > > Arnie! I remember having a crush on the actor that played his daughter. I was like, 13 at the time. IMDb says her name was Stephanie Steele. > > [Arnie (TV Series 1970–1972) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065274/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) I came in here to say just that! Andrea was a real heartthrob. ---
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I remember Coronet Blue, which didn’t last long enough to let us in on what the phrase meant, only that there was no other clue. Then there was [Video Village](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rf1pwMWpgcM), a game show dumber than any other with the exception of [Shenanigans](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyX9t8iM8eY) ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2021, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-only-you-remember/946022/318 "2021-07-12T23:49:47Z")
Anyone remember Daktari > **[Daktari](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daktari)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > Daktari (Swahili for "doctor") is an American family drama series that aired on CBS between 1966 and 1969. The series is an Ivan Tors Films Production in association with MGM Television starring Marshall Thompson as Dr. Marsh Tracy, a veterinarian at the fictional Wameru Study Center for Animal Behavior in East Africa. > The show follows the work of Dr. Tracy, his daughter Paula (Cheryl Miller), and his staff, who frequently protect animals from po... ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2021, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-only-you-remember/946022/319 "2021-07-13T00:16:10Z")
> [@Andy\_L](#): > > Anyone remember Daktari Don’t remember ever seeing the show, but I had a View-Master reel of it. Probably passed down from my older sister. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2021, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-only-you-remember/946022/320 "2021-07-13T00:21:58Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > My go-to whenever this question comes up is [Run, Joe, Run](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Run,_Joe,_Run) Well, now I remember it, too! I’d completely forgotten. > [@Andy\_L](#): > > Anyone remember Daktari Just bought season 1 on DVD. And if I had a Jeep, I’d paint it with zebra stripes! [![](https://daktaritvshow.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/cheryl-miller-as-paula-tracy-and-marshall-thompson-as-dr-marsh-tracy-in-the-jeep-on-daktari.jpg?w=384) ](https://daktaritvshow.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/cheryl-miller-as-paula-tracy-and-marshall-thompson-as-dr-marsh-tracy-in-the-jeep-on-daktari.jpg?w=384) ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2021, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-only-you-remember/946022/321 "2021-07-13T00:30:19Z")
This show was a constant source of conflict in our house because it was on opposite _ **Combat!** _, to which I was passionately devoted. My mother insisted the TV be tuned to _ **Daktari** _ so my little brothers could watch it. This went on until I was given a small B&W set of my own (I think it was a Christmas gift from my dad). There was a similar situation in the fall of 1964, when my older brother wanted to watch _ **World War I** _. I had absolutely no objection to that, except it too was on opposite _ **Combat!** _ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-only-you-remember/946022.md?page=15) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-only-you-remember/946022.md?page=17)